On today’s final episode of Underground Wellness Radio, Reed and I get together one last time to show you how to become your own health detective … one who stops chasing symptoms and gets to the root cause.

Here’s what we talked about:

5:35 All about Reed’s pre-Functional Diagnostic Nutrition days in law school and the corporate world proves it’s never too late to start something new.

14:30 How Reed bridged the gap between his experience in the corporate world and his interest in health and healing.

18:14 Need more clients? Reed talks about the hustle to get more clients than anyone thought possible.

23:51 How a simple bone density test turned into a series of lab tests—that eventually became Functional Diagnostic Nutrition.

26:10 What could be stealing your sex drive and why – and what you can do to get it back.

31:14 Which lab tests to use to find the hidden stressors affecting your hormones and your health.

41:18 The “second skin” you need to take care of—so that it can take care of you! Plus the role of food sensitivities and limitations of lab testing.

51:25 The importance of stool testing and why “cleaning up the neighborhood” could be the one thing you need to do to stay healthy.

55:18 A case study in getting to the root cause, getting off medication and how one client got to do things she hadn’t been able to do in two years (and lost 13 pounds in one month!).

1:00:14 Busting some common Functional Diagnostic Nutrition myths, and how you can find one to work with or even become one yourself.

Today’s podcast episode is a real game changer if you’re interested in having stronger bones, healthier joints, better digestion, and more youthful hair, nails, and skin. I decided to bring back another classic, retro episode with our buddy Chef Lance Roll to fill you in on how bone broth can literally turn back the clock on not only how you feel, but how you look.

Here’s what we talked about:

2:48 Chef Lance fills us in on what he’s been up to on since the original show in 2012, and how to get a discount on his trademark bone broth!

9:22 How The Flavor Chef came to be.

11:58 Why traditional foods and healing methods have fallen out of favor, and what we can learn from different cultures around the world.

16:07 The key components of a nourishing—and delicious!—bone broth.

23:16 Chef Lance’s step-by-step guide and best practices to make your own bone broth at home.

28:50 How to use bone broth to support your joints and boost your absorption of nutrients to up to 90%!

36:11 The bone broth detox: using broth to give your digestive system, liver and kidneys a much needed break.

This week, journalist Steve Silberman, author of NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity, sets the record straight about the recent “explosion” of autism diagnoses. Here’s what we talked about:

5:24 How a boat full of computer geeks sparked Steve’s interest in autism, and how he found discovered there was a much bigger story than he had originally thought.

17:42 The biggest urban legend about autism.

20:36 The man who studied children with autistic traits before it even had a name, and the major world event that completely changed the timeline of autism.

25:23 Efforts to improve the human race affects potentially autistic children and adults and led to one of the darkest chapters in our history.

29:59 Some of Hans Asperger’s insightful findings about the patients he was studying, and why there is a common misconception that they were all “high-functioning.”

35:10 The “discovery” of autism in America by Leo Kanner and why it was so very different from Hans Asperger’s findings.

41:57 How the definition of autism may have created an “epidemic” of childhood schizophrenia in the 50s and 60s that foreshadowed the autism epidemic of today.

44:15 Toxic parenting and “refrigerator mothers” take on the blame and shame for autism for years while some fame-hungry doctors promise to find a cure for their kids.

51:19 How two loving parents of an autistic child led to a new movement and new support for the parents of autistic kids.

1:01:15 Why it was so hard to get a diagnosis, and why a recent increase in diagnosis numbers is actually a good thing.

1:09:31 The study responsible for the vaccine/autism connection and why it was eventually debunked as “fraud.”

1:16:55 The little mistake that made a huge difference in the number of children being diagnosed and other contributing factors to the perfect storm for the spike in autism.

1:26:34 Influential autistic adults that are leading the way to a different way of thinking about people with disabilities of all kinds.

Josh Trent – digital health coach, founder of WellnessForce.com and host of Wellness Force Radio – stops by to share his story. He talks about his personal wellness journey, the many ups and downs that finally led him to go all in on pursuing his passions, and what it really takes to break free of limiting beliefs that hold us back from being our best self. Here’s what we talked about:

3:59 Josh takes a chance and writes an email that gets him involved with Underground Wellness.

Cynthia Pasquella – clinical nutritionist, author and founder of The Institute of Transformational Nutrition – returns to the podcast and candidly opens up about her past. She shares the story of her own personal traumas, how she has used them to transform her own life, and how she helps others do the same.

Here are my notes!

3:28 – Where Cynthia’s long journey to success started, and the reason why she decided to tell her story.

7:09 – No running water? The details of Cynthia’s childhood living conditions and the many tragic events that left her parents struggling.

12:53 – How Cynthia learned to be a good mom despite growing up without a positive mother figure.

20:41 – The reason Cynthia never invited friends over, and why they probably wouldn’t have even been allowed to visit if she had!

27:28 – Raising parents and being a referee: Cynthia takes on much of the responsibility for her family and herself.

31:09 – The opportunity that got Cynthia out of the south and to LA, and how it she found herself going from “a crazy situation to a completely insane one.”

38:32 – The modeling industry, “Latte Diet” and numbing out with drugs and alcohol takes a major toll on Cynthia’s body, health and psyche.

49:08 – The important message Cynthia received that stopped her from taking her own life.

57:17 – Cynthia bets on herself–with 3 credit cards!–to learn how to regain her own health, and starts to help other people do it, too.

1:05:59 – How a cheeseburger left Vegan Cynthia in tears and gives her freedom from the food fight.

1:16:01 – Money matters: Why it’s not about the amount of money, but what you do with it that matters.

1:29:01 – How to use your own experience and story to make some extra money or even start a whole new career!